The 2017 Irish Pony Club Jockey Skills Training Course concluded on Sunday 14th September with the Exhibition Race at Naas Racecourse. The race finished in a dead heat with Robbie Jackson from Shillelagh and District Hunt Branch and Brandon Wilkie from East Donegal Branch inseparable on the line. What better way to end the 2017 RACE Jockey Skills Training programme. Well done to Robbie and Brandon.

The 2017 RACE Jockey Skills Training Course takes place on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th September at RACE (Racing Academy and Centre of Education), Kildare.

There was a great response to the programme this year. We received sixteen applications from Irish Pony Club members from all parts of the country. Consequently, a selection panel was formed to evaluate each application. It proved to be a difficult process to select the ten applicants because all of the submissions were excellent. Unfortunately, not everyone could receive a place on the course and we would like to sincerely thank all of those applicants who were unsuccessful at this time, for their interest. We would encourage all of these members to continue to develop their jockey skills through the Irish Pony Club and re-apply in the future.

Congratulations to all successful applicants. Good luck and have a great weekend! These are the ten members who will travel to RACE: